Дэвид Копперфильд

Good and Bad Angels

           

           Myreflectionsonthisthemewerestillinprogresswhendinnerwasannounced.Mr.WaterbrookwentdownwithHamlet’saunt.Mr.HenrySpikertookMrs.Waterbrook.Agnes,whomIshouldhavelikedtotakemyself,wasgiventoasimperingfellowwithweaklegs.Uriah,Traddles,andI,asthejuniorpartofthecompany,wentdownlast,howwecould.IwasnotsovexedatlosingAgnesasImighthavebeen,sinceitgavemeanopportunityofmakingmyselfknowntoTraddlesonthestairs,whogreetedmewithgreatfervour;whileUriahwrithedwithsuchobtrusivesatisfactionandself-abasement,thatIcouldgladlyhavepitchedhimoverthebanisters.TraddlesandIwereseparatedattable,beingbilletedintworemotecorners:heintheglareofaredvelvetlady;I,inthegloomofHamlet’saunt.Thedinnerwasverylong,andtheconversationwasabouttheAristocracyandBlood.Mrs.Waterbrookrepeatedlytoldus,thatifshehadaweakness,itwasBlood.

           Itoccurredtomeseveraltimesthatweshouldhavegotonbetter,ifwehadnotbeenquitesogenteel.Weweresoexceedinglygenteel,thatourscopewasverylimited.AMr.andMrs.Gulpidgewereoftheparty,whohadsomethingtodoatsecond-hand(atleast,Mr.Gulpidgehad)withthelawbusinessoftheBank;andwhatwiththeBank,andwhatwiththeTreasury,wewereasexclusiveastheCourtCircular.Tomendthematter,Hamlet’saunthadthefamilyfailingofindulginginsoliloquy,andheldforthinadesultorymanner,byherself,oneverytopicthatwasintroduced.

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